June 2012
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Liberal arts college explore uses of 'blended'... →
infoneer-pulse:
Online learning is no longer foreign to traditional universities, where courses formerly held in large lecture halls are migrating to the Web. But at residential liberal arts colleges, whose appeal often lies in the promise of small classes and regular face time with professors, online education has had a harder time gaining a foothold.
That could soon change. Several top-rated...
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lets play “which download link is the real one”
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“It no longer occurs to me to query the use of four-letter words, even when they...”
– Mary Norris on profanity in The New Yorker: http://nyr.kr/OArE2z (via newyorker)
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Defenders of The Oatmeal create parody websites to... →
wilwheaton:
Charles Carreon is a sensitive character. Not only did he represent FunnyJunk in a defamation case and not only did he go after Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, in a separate case, but now he has also gone after the creator of charles-carreon.com, a new parody website.
In a letter dated Friday, June 21, 2012, Carreon accused the owner of that domain, which was originally...
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How filters can cure information overload at work →
ibmsocialbiz:
At some point you’ll need to filter information from your organization’s social media systems to avoid information overload. This article discusses considerations in using ”metadata” for filtering, whether implemented by algorithm or by human trial and error.
If someone defines their filters too narrowly, they reduce the opportunity for serendipity; but if...
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“A woman using Google glasses while playing with her baby offered this compelling...”
– Google Glasses, $1,500 Each, Make a Splashy Entrance - NYTimes.com (via interestingsnippets)
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The robot that always wins rock/paper/scissors
jkottke:
The trick with the roshambot is that it waits until its opponent has made her choice and then chooses the winning throw in about 1 millisecond. E.g. it cheats.
I wonder what would happen if you put two of these robots against each other? (via @dens)
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i’m on tumblr most of the time but i don’t reblog but when i come online later and see the same posts and think to myself, have a i reblogged this before? and then just sit there looking confused. And then i think fuck it and reblog it anyway.
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welovetumblr.blogspot.com →
amandalynferri:
doing it wrong
BTW, people do crazy things!
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“The Internet is neither a magical kingdom nor a pirate nation of free speech and...”
– Harkaway @ The Daily Beast
[on issues discussed in - of course - The Blind Giant]
(via theblindgiant)
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The impact of social media requires shift to... →
ibmsocialbiz:
The world of separate internal and external messages is gone. Internal actions, e-mails and decisions can impact a brand just as much as advertising campaigns do. For many decades, the CMO’s (Chief Marketing Officer) job was to market an organization’s products and services. Today, it begins with the marketing of the organization itself. Via Forbes
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“Also interesting: Many people who object to ads in Google’s maps app...”
– Anil Dash 